January 2012
2 posts
“Welcome to my blog! If you would like any info about the radio documentary...”
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
1 post
HOLLOW EARTH RADIO
So I work with an au’some radio station here in Seattle called Hollow Earth Radio (H.E.R.). She lives in a public space next to 20/20 Cycle (20th & Union) in the Central District. She’s an internet station you can listen to from anywhere in the world through the center of the earth. H.E.R. is a participatory community radio station, meaning you can call us and tell us your...
August 2011
4 posts
"This Weapon Has Heart" Greyhound Tour, September...
From Philadelphia to Olympia, in a large ~ shape across the U.S., I will be traveling via Greyhound buses to promote the audio documentary “This Weapon Has Heart,” or “Este Arma Tiene Corazón,” about Honduran community radio. During this tour, I will be playing electro-acoustic music as well as organizing with community radio networks. Matt Fu of 1985 will be joining me and...
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July 2011
2 posts
Human rights abuses continue in Honduras
U.S. imperialism is alive and well, this much we know. Here in Honduras, rifle-bearing soldiers and cops, or perhaps police dressed in military garb, or perhaps private security guards borrowing police uniforms – it’s never easy to tell – are vigilant at grocery stores, Dunkin Donuts, and banks, as well as rural communities. Where do these armed forces get their funding? You guessed it, your...
Documentary to be made about radio, for radio...
(LA TRADUCCIÔN A ESPAÑOL ESTÂ AL FONDO) Hello all, Hope you are well! This is Caitlin Payne Roberts writing to you from the community radio station La Voz de Zacate Grande, located in Puerto Grande, a town on the peninsula (former island) of Zacate Grande in the Gulf of Fonseca, which is on the Pacific coast of Honduras. The communities that have lived here for generations have been fighting...
June 2011
12 posts
Dispatch #3: Marcha de las Putas (Tegucigalpa,...
<a href=”http://autococoon.bandcamp.com/track/dispatch-3-slutwalk-tegucigalpa-6-19-11” _mce_href=”http://autococoon.bandcamp.com/track/dispatch-3-slutwalk-tegucigalpa-6-19-11”>Dispatch #3: SLUTWALK Tegucigalpa (6/19/11) by autococoon</a>
Triumph & Hope, two towns,
In the early part of this week, I spent 3 nights in Triunfo de la Cruz (Triumph of the Cross), a Garifuna community near Tela on the north coast of Honduras. There are 5 radio stations on in Garifuna communities on the north coast, and the one in Triunfo was the first. It´s called Faluma Bimetu in Garifuna, or Coco Dulce in Spanish, or Sweet Coconut in English. The station is tiny, with a...
Marcha de las Putas, Tegucigalpa
Today: Honduras’ first-ever Slut Walk, in Spanish, that’s Marcha de las Putas!
We marched for about 2 hours to Parque Central. About 200 folks showed up, mainly female bodied, many LGBTQ, and allies. Chants included “it’s not how I look, it’s how you see me,” “no means no,” and “I dress how I want.”
The systemic repression of women and...
In Country
I’m in Honduras! The town is called Santa Rosa de Copan. I could not have imagined the terrain here, it feels like a dream. The hills are made of alternating bright reddish orange stone and limestone-looking rocks, and there are a lot of big rocks hanging out everywhere. I could imagine this being the site of The Pointless Forest and the Rock Man (from the classic film The Point!). I have...
2nd Audio Journal From Guatemala:
<a href=”http://autococoon.bandcamp.com/track/dispatch-2” _mce_href=”http://autococoon.bandcamp.com/track/dispatch-2”>Dispatch #2 by autococoon</a>
here is Caitlins second audio dispatch from her journeys in Central America!
You can listen to and download it above or download it from the below url’s:
for...
Demons
Hey, yesterday I completed my 3rd week of language school here in Guate.. this week I will be spending time at a body of water, most likely the pacific ocean near a turtle refuge in a black-sanded beach town called Hawaii, or at Lago Cuatepeque in El Salvador, or perhaps a magnificent golden beach near La Unión… My plan is to be in Tegucigalpa by Thursday.
My teacher this past week, Flor,...
May 2011
8 posts
things is getting magical!
my spanish teacher from last week, anny, is an incredible storyteller and writer. she writes stories about everyday life and adds a bit of fantasy to them as well. for instance, she writes about the experiences of capi (short for capitàn, or captain) a lady dog who lives here. the other lady dog is named buster, and the manly dog is named compa, short for compañero. all three are very loving...
Weekend Lake Getaway!
Matt here! Jumping in to say that I just got off the phone with Caitlin on this wonderful Friday, after her second full week of language school, and she was stoked about her trip this weekend back to Lake Atitlan. Apparently, there will be 15-20 of them traveling to Santiago (supposedly a super cool, not so tourist-minded, town) for the weekend trip! She had a great Friday, starting it out with...
1st Audio Journal From Guatemala:
<a href=”http://autococoon.bandcamp.com/track/dispatch-1-1st-week-in-guatemala” _mce_href=”http://autococoon.bandcamp.com/track/dispatch-1-1st-week-in-guatemala”>Dispatch #1 (1st week in Guatemala) by autococoon</a>
Hey friends, (You can listen above) our follow this link below to download an audio segment I made last...
Desde Colomba
Right now I am in an internet cafe in Colomba, the nearest town to La Escuela de la Montaña. I have spanish language classes from 8am-noon, one-on-one with Tito, who is from Colomba. He is awesome at soccer and has been working at the school for 7 years, while taking university classes to get something like an equivalent to his masters in teaching. We (there are 8 of us this week) learn in little...
Dia tercero
Your spanish word of the day: lago means lake.
Kayaking is so calming and it feels like a water nest. Here I am in my kayak in the lake, blogging on my waterproof laptop, jk. Actually it happened a few hours ago and there are these magpie esque beautiful brown birds that are all over the place. I was floating on Lago Atitlan right next to the volcano San Pedro. It just swoops down str8 into the...
Hola compañeros
estamos moviendo. Eso es seguro. Siempre moviendo.
I just had a political conversation with two very interesting people at a hostel called La Iguana Perdida in Guatemala. One person is a former public accountant from Colorado who is currently the operator of a small NGO that facilitates starting indigenous women’s businesses. His local projects are currently as follows: chicken farm, school...
